Obtaining The Seeds Of Survival

obtaining the seeds of survival

In a total collapse scenario, seeds can be eaten, exchanged for goods, or even replanted for future consumption.

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Top 5 Plants for Urban Foraging

top 5 plants for urban foraging

Foraging is often thought of as a backwoods pursuit that requires bushwhacking and long treks into the forest. But the truth is, wild edibles are all around us, even in the most densely populated urban areas.

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How To Make Dandelion and Burdock Wine

how to make dandelion and burdock wine

Walking along any country lane at different times of the year reveals a pleasing assortment of wildflowers, even in early spring. Many varieties of these flowering plants can contribute a delicate bouquet to many wines.

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Smart Tips For Harvesting Wild Rice

smart tips for harvesting wild rice

Harvesting wild rice on the wilderness lakes of northern Minnesota nourishes my soul and spirit long before I sit down with family and friends to enjoy this tasty, nutritious native food.

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How To Heal Yourself With Medicinal Plants

how to heal yourself with medicinal plants

Often underrated, medicinal plants play an essential role in curing minor health issues, but not only that. In fact, the healing plants you can forage could help prevent major health distress, providing you with the possibility to become your own doctor. 

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Harvesting wild medicinal plants for profit

harvesting wild medicinal plants for profit

A wide variety of native herbs and medicinal plants flourish across North America, and there is a ready market for many of these wild botanicals. A few are easily found and just as easy to harvest, including mayapple, goldenseal, bloodroot, black cohosh, and common boneset.

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12 Sugar And Gums Plants You Can Find In The Wilderness

12 Sugar And Gums Plants You Can Find In The Wilderness

Back in the old days, the native people of North America used various plants to obtain the needed sugar for their diets. With the arrival of the first settlers, a few of the plants the American Indians used become very popular, and they stay so throughout the years, now being sold commercially.

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Foraging For Wild Edibles All Year Round

Foraging For Wild Edibles All Year Round

As the first long hunters and early settlers explored and tamed this country, they fit the very definition of the term, “hunter-gatherer.” Absent were cultivated crops or convenient trading posts at which a person could obtain needed supplies. These early settlers killed and foraged for just about all the food they consumed.

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6 Best Berries To Forage This Summer

6 Best Berries To Forage This Summer

In late summer and early autumn is the best time of the year to forage for some tasty berries.  The best berries listed in this article are easy to spot, often grow in quantity, and are easy to collect. Since these are the best berries you can get your hands on, expect a lot of competition.

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Survival Foraging and Community Gardens

Survival foraging in public parks

When survival foraging is on my “TO DO” list for the week, I often referred to, what I call a rule of fair foraging, “Reap where you did not sow, but only if it would otherwise go unused unless you take it?” And it’s amazing how much goes unused . . . especially in community gardens.

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The Thistle – A Great Source Of Food, Medicine And Raw Materials

The Thistle - A Great Source Of Food, Medicine And Raw MaterialsThe thistle has a bad reputation, almost everyone is familiar with it and its prickles, a number one characteristic. Livestock owners hate it because very few domesticated animals will feed upon the plant. Thistles are despised herbs, regarded as a noxious weed by farmers. However, the way I see it, the thistle is a wonderful plant with many useful treats for preppers and homesteaders.

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Wild Mushrooms – Can you Tell The Difference Between Edible And Poisonous?

Wild Mushrooms – Can you Tell The Difference Between Edible And Poisonous?For the death-dyers outdoors enthusiasts there’s a thing called “wild mushrooms roulette.” It’s similar to the Russian roulette, and both are played much the same, and both are equally dangerous. Learning to tell the difference between edible and poisonous wild mushrooms will help you score some food in the wild, and you won’t have to try your luck with the abovementioned game.

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Toothache Tree – Your Roadside Source Of Pain Relief And Other Survival Aids

Toothache Tree - Your Roadside Source Of Pain Relief And Other Survival AidsUp and down the roadsides, along fence rows of pastures and farms, and in the woodlands of the southern United States grows the toothache tree. It is a small tree or large shrub with beneficial medicinal properties.

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